LABOUR.

Timaru Herald, Volume XC, Issue 13294, 24 May 1907, Page 5

LABOUR.

THE TIMBER TRADE DISPUTE. Press Association-Bv Telegraph-Copyright " PERTH, May 23. An injunction has betn granted against three member* of the Legislative Assembly and Senator Pearce, ais members of (lis Timber Workers' Defence Association, restraining them from abetting the strike in the timber trade, or operating on the iiioneys of the Timber Workers' Defence-Commit-tee lying at the bank, except by leave of the Court. Senator Pearce states that money has been received from all sections of the community, and is used in relieving the -women and children suffering as the result of the strike. EIGHT HOURS DAY IN MIXES. Received 4.7 p.m., Mav 23rd. LONDON, May 23. The report pruscnted by the Parliamentary Committee appointed under the chairmanship of Mr Russell Rea, member for Scarborough, to inquire into the probable economical effect of the adoption of an eight hours day in mines, states that there are various causes calculated to mitigate the effects of a reduction of hours, instancing the extended use of labour-saving machinery ; but anticipates some diminution in the' production. This reduction might vary greatly, but would be most yeriotis in Lancashire and South Wales. The report adds that it. is impossible to foretell the permanent effect on wages and employment.

COLLAPSE OF A STRIKE. Received 9.30 p.m., May 23rd. NEW Y'ORK, May 23. The longshoremen's strike at New York has collapsed. THE RAND TROUBLE GENERAL. PRETORIA, May 23. The strike on the Rand has become general, comprising the white miners of fortv-three mines. Some of the managers warned the -strikers that they would nob be reinstated.

THE ARBITRATION ACT. Per Press Association. DUNEDIN, May 23. A HK-eting of the Otago Employers' Association was held to-day when the secretary (Mr W. : Scott) addressed members on the trend of matters in connection with the administration of the Arbitration Act as indicated in the recent rulings and awards of Court. The only resolution that was passed had reference to the award delivered by "the Court in the dispute which was heard before it at its last sitting in Dunedin-—" That this meeting viswg with alarm the innovation introduced by the Court in the felt hatters' trade in which the" principle of weekly employment has been embodied in the. award, and granted to the workers in manufacturing trade, the 'workers in which are in receipt of overtime rates; and, further, that this meeting is of opinion that the- industries of the colony have now more than they can bear and that if an additional burden is placed .upon them in the shape of a full week's pay whether worked in whole or in part it will -undoubtedly cripple many of the struggling industries and be- to the detriment of all workers and employers alike:; that the matter be referred to the New Zealand Employers' Federation with a view to concerted action being taken to protect the industries' of the- colony from any additional burdens."